The biggest tech stories of 2025
2025 was a year of change in tech, but not for the reasons we expected.
Canada’s job market sucks for Gen Z
Employment Hero’s Kevin Kliman explains why Canada’s workforce is underemployed and anxious about 2026.
Humi’s co-founder loved being acquired and never wants to do it again
Plus: She tried to bring Silicon Valley’s tech energy to Vancouver. Why did she leave for the US instead?
Rogers v. Rogers is Canada’s real-life Succession story
Rogers v. Rogers pits unlikely leaders against tragic heroes. Playwright Michael Healey explains why nobody wins.
Jim Balsillie wants an urgent response to Trump’s new doctrine
Plus: Clio takes Alexi to court over database at the centre of billion-dollar vLex deal.
Canada’s AI ambitions with Minister Evan Solomon
Minister Evan Solomon sits down with C100 Executive Director Michael Buhr to discuss the country’s future in AI.
Is the feds’ FDI approach “toxic” for Canadian tech?
Plus: How Dozr went from a building boom to receivership.
How OpenText went all-in on AI
OpenText EVP Shannon Bell explains why her job now requires human and digital resource management.
It’s “Valley or Bust” for Canada’s young entrepreneurs
Colare’s Nain Abdi explains why his generation sees the Valley as their “launchpad.”
Dominion Dynamics’ CEO thinks defence is a “generational opportunity” for Canadian entrepreneurs
Eliot Pence wants to undercut US reliance and build Canada’s “defence prime.”
Sarah Rieger joins BetaKit as managing editor
Award-winning journalist to lead newsroom and grow BetaKit’s nationwide tech coverage.
The story Budget 2025 tells to Canadian tech
Plus: Xanadu to go public in $3.6-billion USD SPAC deal.
Budget 2025: “cautiously optimistic”
A power panel of policy wonks pick apart Budget 2025 and what it means for Canadian tech.
What’s in #Budget2025 for Canadian tech?
Feds make huge spending commitments but finally get competitive on defence, taxes, and financial services.
What will Budget 2025 offer Canada’s innovation economy?
Plus: Wealthsimple hits $10-billion valuation with new funding.